Privacy of Millions of HTC devices at risk

More than 18 million smartphones and other mobile devices made by HTC are at risk vulnerable to many security and privacy issue. The Federal Trade Commission charged HTC with customizing the software on its Android- and Windows based phones in ways that let third-party applications install softwa...

Dutch Hacker Sentenced for selling 100,000 credit cards

A Dutch hacker was sentenced to 12 years in a US prison on Friday for trafficking over 100,000 credit card numbers stolen in a computer hacking conspiracy. David Benjamin Schrooten, 22, known as "Fortezza" in the hacker world, pleaded guilty in November to criminal charges related to hacking, ban...

Mobile Malware Dubbed 'Bill Shocker' Targets Chinese Android Users

A new bit of malware is targeting popular apps on Android mobile devices to spew costly spam. Beijing- and Dallas-based NQ Mobile said at least 600,000 Chinese users have been hit with the malicious code named “Bill Shocker” a.expense.Extension.a because it runs up the bills of infected users whi...

Lulzsec hacker Jeffrey could face Life Imprisonment

Lulzsec Hacker , Jeffrey Hammond faces a potential prison sentence of more than 30 years if found guilty of all charges filed against him. U.S. District Court chief judge Loretta Preska, who presided over a bail hearing for Hammond want last week. Hammond was also charged with using some of the...

Romanian POS Hackers Plead Guilty, Net $10 M from Scam

Two Romanian men pled guilty this week to charges they hacked into the point of sale systems of more than 200 restaurants, compromising the payment cards of 146,000 customers and amassing more than $10 million over the last few years. Included in those 200 stores were more than 150 Subway sandwic...

Indian Navy Computers hacked by Chinese Hackers

Chinese hackers allegedly plant bug via flash drives on India navy's computers, which relayed sensitive data to China IP addresses. The sniffing tool was found in the naval computers exactly as INS Arihant, India's first nuclear missile submarine, was in trials at the targeted facility in...

LulzSec hacker pleads guilty in Sony breach

LulzSec hacker pleads guilty in Sony breach Accused LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger pleaded guilty today in a federal court in Los Angeles, California, to felony charges associated with the breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment that occurred in mid-2011. The hacker had previously pleaded not...

Fortune Favors the Bold? Man Steals Microsoft Founder's Identity, Credit Card

When one Pennsylvanian man couldn’t foot his bills, he opted to steal the identity of someone that could – one of the world’s richest men, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen. An AWOL solider from Pittsburgh swiped Allen’s Citibank credit card account information earlier this year to...

Report: FEDS Arrest Top LulzSec Members

The FBI has arrested three suspected members of the hacker group LulzSec, according to published reports. Fox News broke the story of the arrests on Tuesday, citing unnamed FBI officials saying that law enforcement agents closed in on top members of the group LulzSec Tuesday morning using...

MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom released on bail

MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom released on bail Kim Dotcom, the millionaire founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, was released on bail Wednesday after a judge said he didn't appear to have enough money to flee. Authorities in the U.S. allege founder Kim Dotcom facilitated millions of...

Fake Angry Birds Game spreading Malware from Android Market

Fake Angry Birds Game spreading Malware from Android Market From last week premium rate SMS Trojans surfaced in the Android Market. Google has pulled 22 apps that are masquerading as legitimate versions of popular games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope. Security researchers have discovered a way...

Android mobile internet tethering become undetectable by carriers

Android mobile internet tethering become undetectable by carriers When the idea that your smartphone's data connection would be able to be shared by your laptop with no additional charge, everyone seemed to be on board over the past year, carriers have started up extra costs for this and have...

Reports Point to Credit Card Processor Breach in Europe

The Romanian Banks Association has issued a warning to credit card users in that country to be on the lookout for suspicious charges, after the Agency received notice of a possible breach at European credit card processor.PDF The warning followed a similar notice from CEC Bank on Wednesday that i...

Personal Information of 3.5 Million Poker Players Spilled Online

Customers of the online poker Website Ultimate Bet UB are the victims of a data breach that spilled the private information of up to 3.5 million of its customers online over the weekend. Ultimate Bet, a property of the Cereus Poker Network, saw a slew of customer information posted online includi...

UK Police Charge another alleged Anonymous member in Hacking Cases

UK Police Charge another alleged Anonymous member in Hacking Cases A student has been charged with involvement in cyber attacks by the hacking group Anonymous against companies that withdrew online payment services from WikiLeaks. Peter David Gibson, from Hartlepool, will appear before magistrate...

Citigroup hacked again - 92,000 customers info exposed from Japan

Citigroup hacked again - 92,000 customers info exposed from Japan For the second time this year, Citigroup has suffered a major breach of its credit customers' personal information; this time the breach involved 92,400 customers at its Japanese unit. Citigroup's Japanese credit card unit said...

Harvard researcher arrested on hacking charges

Harvard researcher arrested on hacking charges A Harvard researcher Aaron Swartz has been arrested in Boston for broke into the computer networks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to gain access to JSTOR, a non-profit online service for distributing scholarly articles, and downloaded 4...

Home of Outed Alleged LulzSec Member Raided in Ohio

News reports say the FBI has raided a home in Hamilton, Ohio as part of an investigation of LulzSec, the group responsible for a string of attacks on prominent targets in recent months. Local media reports said the home, located on Jackson Road in Hamilton, Ohio, was the residence of a teenager w...

Facebook hacker posts stolen pics on porn site !

Facebook hacker posts stolen pics on porn site ! A 26-year-old man faces 13 felony charges after being accused of hacking into Facebook accounts, stealing photos of young women and posting them on porn sites, reports the Kansas City Star. Along with content belonging to the 13 young women ages 17...

Game Maker: 40 Percent of iTunes App Purchases Are Fraud

A Hong Kong based developer of games for mobile devices says that its online, multi player games are being besieged by users making fraudulent purchases from compromised iTunes accounts and says that iPhone maker Apple has turned a deaf ear to its efforts cut off the bogus activity. In an e-mail...